Colin Kaepernick had a… maybe he had an epiphany. Maybe he had a realization that ‘I have a higher calling the playing quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers.’ — Shannon Sharpe

If you want to boo, I want you to boo me as loud as you can, because I think that’s a sign of respect: You don’t boo the bad players; you boo the really good ones. — Shannon Sharpe

Didn’t know until my rookie year you could buy chicken parts separate, like drumsticks and thighs and breast. My granny always bought the whole chicken and cut it up. — Shannon Sharpe

My grandmother raised her nine kids and raised my mom’s three. — Shannon Sharpe

Ray Lewis is the type of guy, if he were in a fight with a bear I wouldn’t help him, I’d pour honey on him because he likes to fight. That’s the type of guy Ray Lewis is. — Shannon Sharpe

President Trump wouldn’t stick to politics, so he got to jump into sports. So I feel very comfortable now, moving forward, jumping back and forth. Sports to politics, politics to sports. — Shannon Sharpe

Everything I am I owe to Sterling Sharpe. He made me a better football player, a better father, and a better man. He was, and always will be, my hero. — Shannon Sharpe

I think with lean cuts of chicken and beef, fish, turkey, ground beef and bison, you can’t go wrong with those. — Shannon Sharpe

I don’t know if Rush Limbaugh knows the difference between a screen porch and a screen play. — Shannon Sharpe

No one in my family graduated from college until my brother did, and then I did. — Shannon Sharpe

Don’t hope someone gives you an opportunity: create one for yourself. — Shannon Sharpe

I’ll always respect that institution of the presidency, and I’ll respect President Trump. — Shannon Sharpe

There is a reason they called it chasing your dreams and not walking after them. — Shannon Sharpe

Everybody has an ego, and they don’t like their athletic ability to be questioned. — Shannon Sharpe

I was a terrible student. I didn’t graduate magna cum laude: I graduated ‘Thank you, Lawdy!’ — Shannon Sharpe

This was a no–brainer, … When it came down to it, I said to myself, Hey, you can still play, you can still play at a high level and you still enjoy playing. Why not play? — Shannon Sharpe

I want to make one thing crystal clear. The NFL does have a responsibility to make sure that their players are upstanding, law–abiding citizens. — Shannon Sharpe

I won’t talk about someone’s mother. I won’t talk about their girlfriend or their wife, but if you have a deformity, I would talk about that. — Shannon Sharpe

I was always a talker. You just don’t wake up one morning and say, I think I want to talk a little more.’ Some are better at it than others. — Shannon Sharpe

A lot of people mistake habit for hard work. Doing something over and over again is not working hard. — Shannon Sharpe

You’re only great if you win. I mean, Alexander wasn’t Alexander the Mediocre or Alexander the Average. He was Alexander the Great, and there’s a reason for it. — Shannon Sharpe

Most fans outside Denver don’t like me, and for good reason. I give them every reason not to like me. — Shannon Sharpe

It trips me out when I hear people say, ‘Well, I don’t see color.’ You see color. Now, how you respond and how you handle the situation once you’ve seen and noticed color is different. — Shannon Sharpe

There’s no other game like the Super Bowl. — Shannon Sharpe

Talent is what wins games. — Shannon Sharpe

A lot of problems that are going on aren’t going to get better if we don’t talk about it. Race is the biggest one. It’s a very, very uncomfortable topic because the biggest part of America was founded on it. — Shannon Sharpe

There’s not a throw that Tom Brady can make that Aaron Rodgers can’t, but there are several throws that Aaron Rodgers can make that Tom Brady only dreams of making. — Shannon Sharpe

I love to work out. — Shannon Sharpe

You sacrifice so much to get to the NFL. You miss recitals and graduations. Moments that you can’t have because you’re focused on being the best. — Shannon Sharpe

I am the only player who has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and am the second–best player in my family. — Shannon Sharpe

I’m big on green veggies: arugula, spinach, and kale. — Shannon Sharpe

When someone keeps doing something, you say that that isn’t him, he is just making some bad decisions. Sometimes those decisions reflect the person. — Shannon Sharpe

If you only vote with your back pocket in mind or your own best interest in mind, I believe, it is my belief that’s a terrible, terrible way of thinking. — Shannon Sharpe

When people told me I’d never make it, I listened to the one person who said I could: me. — Shannon Sharpe

Tell Ray to put the eyeliner, the lipstick and the high heels away. I’m not saying he’s a cross–dresser, that’s just what I heard. — Shannon Sharpe